Introduction to MongoDB

Introduction

• Modern database and application design with MongoDB

1. Getting Started

• Why MongoDB?
• MongoDB vs. relational databases
• Using the GitHub repository
• Install MongoDB on Windows
• Install MongoDB on macOS
• Using the MongoDB Database Tools
• Importing example data

2. Documents and Collections

• Create a document
• Using .find() to query documents
• What can we store in a document?
• Collections
• Challenge: Create a recipe document
• Solution: Create a recipe document

3. Querying

• Sort, limit, and skip
• Working with operators and arrays
• Updating documents
• Updating arrays
• Deleting documents
• Challenge: Write a query
• Solution: Write a query
• The new MongoDB Shell

4. Data and Schema Modeling

• How we need to think differently
• Basic indexes
• Using different collection types
• Challenge: Avoiding joins
• Solution: Avoiding joins

5. Coding with MongoDB

• Python
• Node.js
• PHP
• Golang
• How to use GridFS to store files

6. Server Administration

• MongoDB config file
• Replication
• Sharding
• Authentication and authorization
• Backups

Conclusion

• Wrapping up